JOB SUMMARY

 The Care Coordinator III oversees Supportive Services’ scattered site Permanent Supportive Housing program in the community, focusing on case management and to assist individuals with obtaining and maintaining housing successfully within the community. Embodying the performance standards as outlined below, the Care Coordinator III is responsible for implementation and oversight of landlord relationships, lease programs, creation of a home- share program; provision of case management for those clients referred from the Office of Aging and Adult Services, finding and retaining housing, plus identifying sources for housing funding, housing-based education, credit counseling and linkage to appropriate related community resources.

 ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Develop, implement, monitor, evaluate and modify a person-centered housing support plan to ensure consumers are receiving services as described in contract
2. Ensure compliance with weekly performance standards of billing 100 units/25 hours per weeks for 52 weeks.
3. Ensure accurate recordkeeping including, but is not limited to: intake; service planning; service delivery including advocating for clients with property owners/managers as necessary and providing resource information; and case closure.
4. Prepares and completes accurate, timely reports and documentation for billing of services as required by Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana and regulatory agencies/funding sources.
5. Keep supervisory staff apprised of gaps in services availability, legal obligations/court- mandated cases regarding the consumer, and assist in efforts to provide needed services.
6. Perform home visits, ensures eligibility of services prior to performing services and off-site case management meetings, providing transportation to consumers as appropriate.
7. Assist consumers/members in accessing and maintaining entitlements/benefits and meeting obligations of tenancy.
8. Must maintain assigned up-to-date client files and program records
9. Participate in training required by accreditation standards, plus performance and quality improvement efforts by adherence to Performance, CARF and Quality Standards
10. Performs related duties as

SUPERVISORY DUTIES

• Supervise and take lead on an assigned caseload
• Conducts weekly case conferences with peer support for supervision and consultation; reviews psychiatric case records and selects cases for discussion; supervises peer support in understanding social, emotional and economic causes of problem behavior and mental or emotional disorders.
• Communicates performance expectations to peer support providing specific and measureable ongoing feedback to peer support
• Identify strengths to build on the peer support individual performance for the

 KEY CONTACTS

• Serves as primary representative of the Agency with respect to third party vendors providing training-related products and services
• Utilizes the Relias Management System to maintain compliance of all required training courses

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

This position requires the incumbent to have completed education at the Master’s degree level in social service field (qualifying degrees include: counseling, social work, psychology, sociology, rehabilitation services, special education, early childhood education, secondary education, family and consumer sciences, criminal justice, or human growth and development) and has done at least one year post experience working with individuals who are of the eligible population in a community setting. Have the desire to work with a diverse population, demonstrate respect for individuals and demonstrate ability to work in a team environment; requires a demonstrated willingness to be responsive to the needs o the target population. The position requires excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to function as part of the team. The person should be capable of generating documents and spreadsheets using computer software including Microsoft Word and Excel. Must possess polished and diplomatic customer relation skills verbally, in person, through telephone communications, and in writing.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

This employee’s work is performed at various locations where services are provided to consumers. Incumbent must be able to handle the demands of extensive driving throughout the metro service area.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Below are minimal knowledge/physical requirements of this position.